San Luis Obispo County Sheriff
(NEW YORK) Paul Flores, the man charged with murder this week in connection to the 1996 disappearance of his college classmate, Kristin Smart, is due to make his first court appearance on Thursday.
Smart, a 19-year-old freshman at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo disappeared in the early hours of May 25, 1996, after a party near school.
Flores who was arrested for murder on Tuesday walked Smart home from that party, and previously was named the “prime suspect,” authorities said.
Flores is accused of causing the teen’s death during an attempted rape, San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow said Wednesday.
Kristin Smart: Missing student killed during 1996 rape attempt, prosecutor says
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San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow announces a murder charge is filed against Paul Flores in the Kristin Smart case, as Deputy District Attorney Chris Peuvrelle listens at left, during a news conference, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Arroyo Grande, Calif. Smart, a missing California college who was killed in 1996 during an attempted rape by a fellow student, and the suspect’s father helped hide her body, the San Luis Obispo County district attorney said Wednesday.David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP
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Son, father make first court appearance in Kristin Smart killing
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Murder charge filed in Kristin Smart case
KTVU s Henry Lee reports on the charges announced by the San Luis Obispo district attorney earlier today.
LOS ANGELES - A former California college student charged with murder in the 1996 disappearance of classmate Kristin Smart and the defendant’s father, who is accused of helping hide the young woman’s body, made their first court appearance Thursday but did not enter pleas.
Paul Flores, 44, was charged with first-degree murder for the killing that allegedly happened as he tried to rape Smart in his dorm room at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo after an off-campus party. Witnesses said Smart was intoxicated and Flores had said he would walk her home.
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